Here’s one way to know you’ve just filed a frivolous lawsuit. Take 190 people and put them all on the same plane. Make an emergency landing in which no one gets hurt. Now, tally up how many of your fellow passengers sue the airline. Are you the only one? Then congratulations, you’re now the proud owner of a completely baseless lawsuit!Jewel Thomas is a former Microsoft employee who lives in Bellevue. Two years ago, Thomas was on a flight from Seattle to New York when the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Chicago.Thomas wasn’t hurt. And neither were any of the other passengers. But she claims that as a result of the rough landing she has severe mental and emotional problems”All I want is my life back,” she said through tears at a news conference yesterday. “I want to be Jewel again.”If Jewel is the type of person who doesn’t file frivolous lawsuits, then mark us down as wanting her back too.
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